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### Viewing cable 09OTTAWA766, CANADA: CONSERVATIVES SURVIVE ANOTHER CONFIDENCE VOTE

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09OTTAWA766 | 2009-10-01 22:23 | 2011-04-28 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy Ottawa

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 OTTAWA 000766

    SIPDIS

    SENSITIVE

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PGOV CA
    SUBJECT: CANADA: CONSERVATIVES SURVIVE ANOTHER CONFIDENCE VOTE

    REF:  A.  OTTAWA 735
    -     B.  OTTAWA 719

    ¶1. (SBU) Summary: The Conservative minority government of Prime
    Minister Stephen Harper on October 1 again survived a confidence
    vote in the House of Commons.  The censure motion, introduced by the
    Official Opposition Liberal Party, was the first that the
    Conservatives had faced since they took office in February 2006,
    although they have won all other confidence votes (i.e. those on
    budgetary matters or bills that the government had explicitly
    designated a confidence measure).  The opposition New Democratic
    Party (NDP) appears to have shifted its earlier brief strategy of
    voting with the Conservatives until passage of a new bill on
    unemployment insurance to abstaining on confidence votes, probably
    in face of unhappiness within the party in propping up the
    Conservatives.  Poll numbers increasingly favor the Conservatives,
    but also indicate clearly that Canadian voters do not want another
    federal election any time soon.  There will be at least two more
    confidence votes in coming weeks, however, so all parties must
    remain in virtual pre-campaign mode -- just in case.  End summary

    Surviving another day
    ---------------------

    ¶2.  (U)  The House of Commons on October voted on October 1 to
    defeat a motion introduced by the Liberals "That this House has lost
    confidence in the government" by a vote of 144 against
    (Conservatives) to 117 in favor (Liberals and Bloc Quebecois).  The
    NDP whip rose subsequently to explain that his party's MPs had
    abstained to demonstrate "sympathy with the unemployed, not support
    for the government."  The NDP had already publicly pledged to work
    with the government to ensure passage of a bill to extend Employment
    Insurance, now in committee after two readings in the House.  All
    three opposition parties would have needed to vote together to
    defeat the government.

    ¶3. (SBU) In the earlier debate that day in the full House, Liberal
    leader Michael Ignatieff chiefly focused on the government's
    economic record, and in particular growing deficits, as the reason
    for losing trust in the Conservatives and confidence in the
    government.  Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not attend the
    debate, but was present for the daily Question Period and for the
    vote itself.  The job of defending the government during the debate
    fell to Transport and Infrastructure Minister John Baird, who dared
    Ignatieff to find one Canadian who wants "an early and inopportune"
    election.  In Question Period, the PM accused the Liberals of
    "flailing around" trying to engineer an election that "no-one wants
    on a topic no-one agrees with."

    Liberals Disarray in Quebec
    ---------------------------

    ¶4. (U) Ignatieff's attempt to focus the debate on the Conservatives
    failed to move the media spotlight away from the federal Liberals'
    squabbling in Quebec, which broke into the open on September 28 with
    the abrupt resignation of MP Denis Coderre as the Liberals' Quebec
    lieutenant and its National Defence Critic (shadow minister).
    Coderre claimed in a press conference that he no longer had the
    "moral authority" to be his party's top organizer after Ignatieff
    overruled his hand-picked candidate in a key nomination battle in
    Montreal.  Coderre nonetheless insisted that his departure was not a
    challenge to Ignatieff and pledged his continued support for the
    leader, but instead pointed the finger at Ignatieff's inner circle
    from Toronto, who, he suggested, did not understand Quebec.  Five
    Quebec organizers resigned along with Coderre.

    ¶5. (U) Ignatieff quickly said that he would not appoint a new Quebec
    lieutenant.  He underscored in public comments that the Liberal
    Qlieutenant.  He underscored in public comments that the Liberal
    Party now had 68 of 75 candidates for a future election already
    nominated in the province, for which he gave Coderre credit.  He
    appeared at a Montreal fundraiser on September 29, and will address
    a convention of the Quebec wing of the party in Quebec City on
    October 3-4.  Some Liberal MPs brushed off "l'affaire Coderre" as
    overblown; one Liberal MP noted that the publicity was "not
    particularly helpful, but not fatal," insisting that "it's not going
    to knock us off our game."

    NDP Laying Campaign Groundwork?
    -------------------------------

    ¶6. (SBU) Despite its pledge to work with the government on EI, the
    NDP is increasingly positioning itself as the party trying to get
    results for Canada's unemployed, while the other parties only fight
    each other for partisan advantage and seek another expensive federal
    election.  New NDP ads feature Layton with rolled-up sleeves, ready
    to "get to work."  The NDP has also ramped up fundraising, with a
    new series of e-mail appeals.

    What's next?
    -----------

    OTTAWA 00000766  002 OF 002

    ¶7.  (SBU)  The Conservatives will remain dependent on the NDP's
    support or abstentions again on other upcoming confidence votes,
    including a budget implementation bill possibly as early as during
    the week of October 5.  The Commons will also soon vote on a Ways
    and Means motion (by definition, a confidence vote) to impose an
    export charge on Canadian lumber companies under the Softwood Lumber
    Agreement, a deal that the NDP had adamantly opposed.  Either the
    Bloc or the Liberals may be able to support this motion, however.

    Polls Favor the Conservatives, against an election
    --------------------------------------------- -----

    ¶8. (U) Almost three-quarters of respondents (72.6 pct) in a new
    Nanos poll were against a fall election, although 80.6 pct agreed or
    "somewhat" agreed that they "would like to see a party win a
    majority government in the next election."  PM Harper ranked first
    (32.8 pct) as the leader best able to manage a minority government,
    followed by 23 pct for Ignatieff.  Harper led Ignatieff by
    noticeable margins across the country, except in Quebec, where
    Quebecers ranked Ignatieff's skills highest at 29.7 pct, followed by
    the NDP's Jack Layton at 19.1 pct, and Harper at 18.1 pct.  A
    separate new EKOS poll indicated that shifts in the polls since the
    threat of an election emerged in August had slowed and that the
    Conservatives' lead in the polls had begun to "gel" at 36 pct, while
    Liberal support had settled at 29.7 pct and NDP support at 13.9 pct.
     In the poll, the Liberals now lead only in the Atlantic provinces,
    although they remained in second place in Quebec (26. 4 pct to the
    Bloc's 39.6 pct).  (The poll took place before the Coderre
    resignation.)

    ¶9. (SBU) Comment:  The switch from voting for the government in the
    previous confidence vote (reftel) to mass abstentions likely
    reflects the dissatisfaction within NDP ranks of supporting the
    Conservatives, however much the rank-and-file may want the
    additional EI coverage.  It also suggests that the NDP cannot afford
    to continue even this strategy for much longer, so its MPs will
    likely be agitating for the committee to conclude its review of the
    EI legislation quickly and bring the legislation for a final vote in
    the Commons.  (The Liberal-controlled Senate will then have to
    vote.)  The Conservatives arguably have a good reason to string out
    the deliberations:  to continue governing without another election
    -- unless they have already decided that they really do want one to
    capture their stronger showing in the polls.  The Liberals, on the
    other hand, must be concerned that their internal disunity could
    drive their Quebec voters into the arms of another party in the next
    election.  One way or another, all parties must remain in virtual
    pre-campaign mode for the foreseeable future, and be sure that they
    are always ready in case the government does fall in any upcoming
    confidence vote.
    JACOBSON

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